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Historic Celebrities: George Clooney

Historic Celebrities: George Clooney

May 6th 2021 marks a milestone 60th birthday for one of Hollywood’s most renowned and recognisable actors: George Clooney. In concurrence with our personalised birthday...
Sean Connery

Historic Celebrities: Sean Connery

Sean Connery turns 90 on 25th August. As we can’t send him our personalised birthday book to commemorate him becoming a nonagenarian Historic Newspapers takes...
Arianna Huffington

Historic Celebrities: Arianna Huffington

Arianna Huffington will celebrate her 70th birthday on July 15th. For this Greek-American author, media mogul and businesswoman it seems everything she touches turns to...
Ringo Starr 1967

Historic Celebrities: Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr, drummer of The Beatles, turns 80 on 7th July 2020, and though we can’t give him our personalised birthday book to commemorate his...
Chubby Checker and the Infamous “Twist”

Chubby Checker and the Infamous “Twist”

Ernest Evans, known famously as Chubby Checker, was an American singer who signed with Cameo-Parkway Records in 1959. Releasing two singles in the early years...
history of the beatles

A History of the Beatles

The Beatles were undoubtedly the biggest band of their era and, arguably, ever. Here follows a full Beatles timeline, from their humble beginnings to becoming...
Sylvia Pankhurst

Remembering Sylvia Pankhurst: Accomplishments and Legacy

To remember Sylvia Pankhurst’s legacy, we’ve created a short biography of her life and accomplishments within the women’s suffrage movement as well as her later...
Booker T Washington’s Accomplishments and Legacy

Booker T Washington’s Accomplishments and Legacy

Booker T Washington was a remarkable member of the African American community, and was the foremost black educator of the late nineteenth and early twentieth...
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Marilyn Monroe: A Tragic Farewell

“It’s all make believe, isn’t it?” – Marilyn Monroe Nothing less than perfection was Marilyn Monroe’s goal. She built her name in the glitzy, and...
muhammad ali

The Life of Muhammad Ali

“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to...